Dear Open Library Patrons,
We need your help to make sure the Internet Archive—the non-profit that runs Open Library—lasts forever. On November 9, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change. This is a firm reminder that we must also design for change. So we set a new goal: to create a copy of our collections in the Internet Archive of Canada. This will cost millions. For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions. It means serving patrons when government surveillance may be on the rise. This is a non-profit library built on trust. Reader privacy is very important to us, so we don’t accept ads. We don’t collect your personal information. But we still need to pay for servers, staff and rent. If everyone reading this gave $50, we could end our fundraiser right now. If you use Open Library, please give what you can today. Thank you.
Click here to donate now.

Dear Open Library Patrons,
We need your help to make sure the Internet Archive—the non-profit that runs Open Library—lasts forever. On November 9, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change. This is a firm reminder that we must also design for change. So we set a new goal: to create a copy of our collections in the Internet Archive of Canada. This will cost millions. For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions. It means serving patrons when government surveillance may be on the rise. This is a non-profit library built on trust. Reader privacy is very important to us, so we don’t accept ads. We don’t collect your personal information. But we still need to pay for servers, staff and rent. If everyone reading this gave $50, we could end our fundraiser right now. If you use Open Library, please give what you can today. Thank you.
Click here to donate now.

Dear Open Library Patrons,
We need your help to make sure the Internet Archive—the non-profit that runs Open Library—lasts forever. On November 9, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change. This is a firm reminder that we must also design for change. So we set a new goal: to create a copy of our collections in the Internet Archive of Canada. This will cost millions. For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions. It means serving patrons when government surveillance may be on the rise. This is a non-profit library built on trust. If everyone reading this gave $50, we could end our fundraiser right now. If you use Open Library, please give what you can today. Thank you.
Click here to donate now.

Dear Open Library Patrons,
We need your help to make sure the Internet Archive—the non-profit that runs Open Library—lasts forever. On November 9, we woke up to a new administration promising radical change. This is a firm reminder that we must also design for change. So we set a new goal: to create a copy of our collections in the Internet Archive of Canada. This will cost millions. For us, it means keeping our cultural materials safe, private and perpetually accessible. It means preparing for a Web that may face greater restrictions. It means serving patrons when government surveillance may be on the rise. This is a non-profit library built on trust. If everyone reading this gave $50, we could end our fundraiser right now. If you use Open Library, please give what you can today. Thank you.
Click here to donate now.

C. Edward Good

November 2009

Mr. Good received an A.B. in Economics from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1967. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1971. He then served as a faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Law, heading the school's program in legal writing for all first-year students. In 1977, he took a one-year leave of absence from Virginia to serve as a Supreme Court Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1980, he started his own consulting service, providing seminars and on-site training in effective legal writing for law firms, corporations, and federal agencies across the country. He currently serves as counsel and writer-in-residence at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. in Reston, Virginia.